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Fantasy Digest, v. 1, issue 6, August-September 1939

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FANTASY DIGEST

the SFAA, Science Fiction (pub. of Jerome Siegel & Joe Shuster), SF Collector and a few others. It is interesting to note here that he copies of "SF" were originally addressed to Chas. D. Hornig, at that time not yet editor of Wonder Stories, under Gernsback.

FRANCIS J. LITZ

Some incidents I recall of a while ago: visiting him after he had just picked up in a newly settled bookstore a 1907 issue of "Everybody's" with a stf story of a well-meaning, but insane scientist, who destroyed New York before he was captured, by means of his disintegrator. (Such hard times this city used to have before the advent of our "world saver" Hamilton!)...When we wished together and still wish we had a mimeo, even a hand one. The chaotic result the little help I tried to give him for "Scenes of Fantasy' turned out to be.

Yes, that's what I was looking for, "Scenes of Fantasy"! Do you fans who are lucky enough to have sets of this mag notice how much more interesting the issues are after your scribe succeeded in chasing away all the bats? That's where I believe Fran's talent lies, but he needs angst to go to "Outro" with it's bats and vampires and werewolves -- tho I believe even this mag will gradually evolve away from such stuff.

So far there have been seven "Scenes of Fantasy" issued, and now Francis is thinking of giving it up because of difficulty with hektographing. Did you notice how attractive, the first three were? They were done with a means of hektoing new to fandom. Paradoxically enough and to our regret now, there are no longer any issues, not even the current "Scenes of Fantasy" available, with the exception of the 1st issue. The extra number of the first were produced with the expectation of even a small circulation -- we had not yet forgotten the success of Madge's first issue. But we certainly did not expect such a response (?) that came, and now to add to the difficulty, the hekto, which we depended upon, is now practically useless, and it will be almost impossible to issue the prize MS issues, which have strangely enough received a satisfactory amount of material.

The result, considering the support (and you can include mine here), is truly surprising. "Scenes of Fantasy" has slowly but surely become fandom's best magazine in the line of humor, and not only in my opinion! Could the oriental gentleman surpass such pieces are "The Report of the 18th S-F Convention on the Moon" and the super-funny yarn of Norman Winters, "Blenkins in Jackermanopia"? I am not saying he can't, but could his be as colorful, or have as background such a marvelous army of scienti-scenery? Even their inspirer, the great Sterling, will have to go some to catch up on this! Of course, I must not forget to mention, as many of you know, that Fran is quite an artist too, nor that his "Outre" is at present fandom's one and only all-weird fan mag.

He has been reading (or rather, I should say interested in) stf since about 1933 and had a letter in "Brass Tacks" for October, 1934.

LEON RICHARDSON

This person is still as interested as ever in science fiction & he still has the complete sets of Amazing, Wonder, Miracle, Astounding, etc., also Strange Tales, which I forgot to mention last time. But alas and alack, he is now in the market to sell all these magazines, including Weird, some of which date back as far as 1923, in order to obtain money to continue his course in engineering at Fort Wayne college. I wish him luck on his venture. Some day at a better vantage he hopes to rebuy such complete sets as he now has for sale. In regards to this, if any of you are interested, you can obtain further information by writing to no. 48 Lewis Street, Rochester, New York.

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16 FANTASY DIGEST the SFAA, Science Fiction (pub. of Jerome Siegel & Joe Shuster), SF Collector and a few others. It is interesting to note here that he copies of "SF" were originally addressed to Chas. D. Hornig, at that time not yet editor of Wonder Stories, under Gernsback. FRANCIS J. LITZ Some incidents I recall of a while ago: visiting him after he had just picked up in a newly settled bookstore a 1907 issue of "Everybody's" with a stf story of a well-meaning, but insane scientist, who destroyed New York before he was captured, by means of his disintegrator. (Such hard times this city used to have before the advent of our "world saver" Hamilton!)...When we wished together and still wish we had a mimeo, even a hand one. The chaotic result the little help I tried to give him for "Scenes of Fantasy' turned out to be. Yes, that's what I was looking for, "Scenes of Fantasy"! Do you fans who are lucky enough to have sets of this mag notice how much more interesting the issues are after your scribe succeeded in chasing away all the bats? That's where I believe Fran's talent lies, but he needs angst to go to "Outro" with it's bats and vampires and werewolves -- tho I believe even this mag will gradually evolve away from such stuff. So far there have been seven "Scenes of Fantasy" issued, and now Francis is thinking of giving it up because of difficulty with hektographing. Did you notice how attractive, the first three were? They were done with a means of hektoing new to fandom. Paradoxically enough and to our regret now, there are no longer any issues, not even the current "Scenes of Fantasy" available, with the exception of the 1st issue. The extra number of the first were produced with the expectation of even a small circulation -- we had not yet forgotten the success of Madge's first issue. But we certainly did not expect such a response (?) that came, and now to add to the difficulty, the hekto, which we depended upon, is now practically useless, and it will be almost impossible to issue the prize MS issues, which have strangely enough received a satisfactory amount of material. The result, considering the support (and you can include mine here), is truly surprising. "Scenes of Fantasy" has slowly but surely become fandom's best magazine in the line of humor, and not only in my opinion! Could the oriental gentleman surpass such pieces are "The Report of the 18th S-F Convention on the Moon" and the super-funny yarn of Norman Winters, "Blenkins in Jackermanopia"? I am not saying he can't, but could his be as colorful, or have as background such a marvelous army of scienti-scenery? Even their inspirer, the great Sterling, will have to go some to catch up on this! Of course, I must not forget to mention, as many of you know, that Fran is quite an artist too, nor that his "Outre" is at present fandom's one and only all-weird fan mag. He has been reading (or rather, I should say interested in) stf since about 1933 and had a letter in "Brass Tacks" for October, 1934. LEON RICHARDSON This person is still as interested as ever in science fiction & he still has the complete sets of Amazing, Wonder, Miracle, Astounding, etc., also Strange Tales, which I forgot to mention last time. But alas and alack, he is now in the market to sell all these magazines, including Weird, some of which date back as far as 1923, in order to obtain money to continue his course in engineering at Fort Wayne college. I wish him luck on his venture. Some day at a better vantage he hopes to rebuy such complete sets as he now has for sale. In regards to this, if any of you are interested, you can obtain further information by writing to no. 48 Lewis Street, Rochester, New York.